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hello my mom cared for this elderly lady and she passed away believed all her family is deseased has well but unsure and so far there's only CONSERVATORS so im not sure if her property is going unclaimed or what is so she was very close with my mother who was her cna nurse care giver is there any way we can claim it if no one else is or how does this work do we have to be family what can we do anything at all ?
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Your mom can not claim an inheritance unless there is a will naming her beneficiary. Your mom can, however, file for probate if she would like to get the process started. The family is entitled to notice and if you can't find them most likely heir finders will find them. That is, once you file in the probate court heirfinders check the public records and will go about finding the heirs. They will then make a deal with the heirs to connect them to their inheritance. They may contest your mom being the administrator of the estate and they may not. If the heirs can't be found then, at the end of probate, the money will be turned over to the state. Your mom would be entitled to an administrator's fee if she works as the administrator throughout the probate. That fee is a percentage of the assets. So, for example, if a $200,000 estate your mom would be entitled to $7k. If it's a $1,000,000 estate then mom would be entitled to $23k. Let me know what other questions you have. -John
Answered on Feb 18th, 2014 at 11:02 AM